Bullfrogs jump for joy with four medals

Sunday

Jan 20, 2013 at 12:01 AM

SACRAMENTO - Bret Harte brought six wrestlers to the two-day Tim Brown Memorial Wrestling Tournament and returned to Altaville on Saturday with four medals from the 97-school, 828-person tournament at the Sacramento Convention Center.

Dave Campbell

SACRAMENTO - Bret Harte brought six wrestlers to the two-day Tim Brown Memorial Wrestling Tournament and returned to Altaville on Saturday with four medals from the 97-school, 828-person tournament at the Sacramento Convention Center.

"It has been a long month," Bullfrogs coach Alonzo Nalls said. "This is our last of four tough invitationals and now we are going to complete our dual schedule and get ready for section duals."

In the third-place match at 113 pounds, Caleb Storey of Bret Harte was trailing Will C. Wood's Manny Griego 3-1 with time running out when he reversed Griego to knot the score at 3-3 and force overtime. Storey got a quick takedown in the sudden-death period to win, 5-3.

"He kept his legs in and tried to tilt me," Storey said. "I grabbed his ankle and hiked it above his head and turned for a reversal."

Escalon's Tyler Lawrence (132) escaped to break a second-period scoreless tie in the championship match with Emilio Saavedra of Modesto High. But the two-time state medalist who is undefeated this season proved too much for Lawrence and came back to win 3-1.

"I wrestled my hardest," Lawrence said. "He stayed in good position and I just didn't move him enough."

Justin Brown (160) of Calaveras was trailing Folsom's Nicholas Fiegener 5-3 when he moved in for a tying takedown as time expired. After a discussion the officials determined Brown's move came too late and he finished second with the two-point loss.

Amrit Singh (195) of West finished third when Ripon's Trevor Smith was forced to injury default and Josh Phillips (195) of Chavez was awarded fifth when Brewer defaulted due to illness.

In his fifth-place match with Skyler Gonzalez of Rocklin, Lodi's Colin Anderson (170) broke a 7-7 tie with 10 seconds left by charging into a takedown and finished with a 9-7 win.

"I had a tough match in the one before my final match," Anderson said. "So coach told me to come out and put that anger into my last one.

"I realized that is was now or never so I just put everything into it, and the training really helps because then you have more stamina."